Prompt Cast
The Marriage Pact: A Modern Twist on Matchmaking
TLDR College students participate in the Marriage Pact, an annual event where they are matched with potential future partners based on a set of questions, leading to unexpected connections and new relationships. The use of algorithms in the Marriage Pact and other matching markets aims to create stable matches based on mutual preferences, promoting honesty and efficiency in partner selection.
Timestamped Summary
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College students eagerly await an annual email revealing their "perfect match" for potential future marriage based on a set of questions, known as the Marriage Pact, at various universities in the US.
02:54
Alden and Kira were matched with a compatibility score in the 99th percentile through the Marriage Pact, leading to a cringy DM, a picnic on campus, and the start of their story.
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The Marriage Pact was created based on the concept of matching markets in economics, where economists use algorithms to pair individuals in scenarios where prices cannot be used, such as in the case of human organs or romantic relationships.
08:39
In the Gale-Shapley algorithm, individuals rank their preferences to achieve stable matches where everyone gets the best they can get based on mutual preferences.
11:32
Liam is working on designing a new marriage market on campus to match every person with their optimal partner efficiently, aiming to eliminate strategizing and promote truthfulness in preferences.
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A new marriage market on campus, the Stanford Marriage Pact, gains popularity quickly by asking questions about values instead of ranking people, leading to thousands of students signing up within days.
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Kira and Alden, who met through the Stanford Marriage Pact, plan to fulfill their marriage pact in the future as friends, envisioning a life together that includes mutual friends, game nights, and their kids being friends.
